In the fall of 2023, our Student Achievement Steering Team decided that our new student achievement goal would be 75 by 35. We are working to ensure that, by the high school graduating Class of 2035 (this year's 2nd graders), 75% of all W.F. West High School graduates will earn the credentials they need to be responsible, contributing citizens. This student achievement goal also aims to have 100% of our students leave our walls prepared for the journey ahead, recognizing that every student's passions and calling will be different and unique.

The roots of 75 by 35 actually reach all the way back to 2013. That year, the Chehalis School District began our initial student achievement goal of 60% of W.F. West High School graduates (rather than 30%) earning a postsecondary credential within 8 years of graduation starting with the Class of 2022.

The Student Achievement Initiative (SAI) has made significant strides and metrics are currently projecting that 65% of recent graduates will earn a postsecondary credential within 8 years.

The change has been so substantial, we no longer refer to it as an initiative. Our student achievement work has become part of our school culture.

To bridge the remaining gap, the district’s new student achievement goal, 75 by 35, is focused on ten recommendations from the BERC Group’s 10-Year Report (read the full report at THIS LINK) completed in the fall of 2024. These recommendations were ranked by the district student achievement steering

team shortly after the report was released.